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All politics is local, John

I doubt the Captain would have won many votes, but he could have shown courage in facing a hostile crowd:

UNION organisers of last week’s higher education forum at Macquarie University, in the Sydney seat of Bennelong, were “shocked and disappointed” that local MP John Howard declined to attend.

The National Tertiary Education Union-organised forum was an opportunity for Bennelong constituents, many of whom are Macquarie staff, to meet their local candidates, including Howard’s Labor opponent, Maxine McKew.

It has to be a time of difficult choices for Howard – does he try not to lose Queensland or try not to lose his own seat?